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After several leaks, the Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) and Galaxy J5 (2016) have finally been made official. Both devices are now listed on the South Korean company's China website.
The new Galaxy J7, which is the more powerful of the two, is...

The iPhone SE, which was unveiled a week ago during a special event, is apparently very popular in China. According to a report from CNBC, the new 4-inch smartphone has managed to grab more than 3.4 million reservations, with a little over one day...

The Samsung Galaxy S7 can have either an Exynos or a Snapdragon chipset... or MediaTek Helio X20 or X25, wait what? Geekbench scores list a Samsung SM-G930W8, which comes with with one of three different chipsets.
Now, G930 is the Galaxy S7 and W...

There were a couple of leaks this past week about an Active variant of Samsung's Galaxy S7 flagship. Now, the name 'Galaxy S7 Active' has been spotted listed in the change-log of Samsung's Level app, effectively confirming the existence of the...

If you're waiting for Oppo to launch its R9 and R9 Plus smartphones outside China, here is some good news: the company has sent out media invites for a phone launch event in India scheduled for April 5.
While the invite itself doesn't...

Facebook is said to be working on deploying even more features into its Messenger apps - as if the money-sending and virtual assistant, for example, weren't enough.
The big one is that apparently Facebook will use Messenger as its mobile payments...

The Oculus has come a long way since the early Kickstarter days, but this Saturday it reached an important milestone - the first Rift headset was delivered.
And this wasn't a regular FedEx delivery either, Palmer Luckey, co-founder and CEO of...

The MediaTek Helio X25 was supposed to be exclusive to Meizu, but results spotted in GFXBench show it's used by the LeTV LeEco Le 2 too (it may seem like a meme-y name, but the LeEco brand is actually pretty big in China).
The phone is a 5.5"...

Samsung is about to start the construction of a new Research & Development center in Vietnam. The new facility will be in Hanoi and will cost the company $300 million.
The Vietnamese government has agreed to give Samsung the land to build its...

Samsung has been expanding its lineup all over the Latin alphabet, and the newest addition is apparently going to be a C-series. Evidence of that comes from an import listing on Indian customs database Zauba.
The smartphone in question...

Looks like Xiaomi is preparing a competitor to the newly-launched Apple iPhone SE. A mystery handset allegedly sporting a 4.3-inch screen has been spotted in China, and reports say it is Xiaomi's answer to Apple's latest smartphone...

Samsung is hyping up a motorcycle-themed event for India in three days. The event is tagged #TapKickVroom and "will change the way you ride."
So, what is #TapKickVroom, anyway? You'll have to guess - and don't forget to tweet your guesses to...

Samsung has launched its premium Rose Gold and Platinum variants of the Gear S2 in India.
The watches are plated in 18K gold for the Rose Gold variant and platinum for the, well, Platinum variant. The Rose Gold model comes with an Ivory...

Over a week after LG announced the global roll-out of its G5 flagship smartphone, the company has unveiled version 5.0 of its mobile user interface. Based on Android Marshmallow, the new LG UX 5.0 will not only be available on the G5, but upcoming...

33% of Galaxy S7 buyers in South Korea have signed up for the company's Galaxy Club program. That's a good start for the company's upgrade plan, which offers participants to trade-in their old smartphone after 12 months of ownership and get one of...

After being available on OS X and Linux for around a decade, popular BitTorrent client Transmission is now also available for Windows. According to developer Mike Gelfand, Transmission for Windows is similar to other clients both in terms of user...

While it was already confirmed that the Xiaomi Mi 5 will soon be launched in India, now we have the exact date. The Chinese company has started sending official invites for the India launch event, which is scheduled for March 31.
In case you...

While HTC's upcoming smartphone - the HTC 10 - has been said to be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 SoC until now, a new rumor is suggesting that - just like LG's G5 - the HTC flagship will also have a Snapdragon 652 variant.
The rumor...

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Confide
Confide is a secure messaging app. It features end-to-end encryption, messages that disappear after you read them, screenshot protection, and ability to retract an...

While Huawei has already started teasing the upcoming P9, we still don't have any confirmation on what exactly the phone looks like. That's not to say that the handset hasn't been the subject of any image leaks so far - there have, in fact, been...